Go Bangers for Veganuary These may be the most colourful sausages ever to grace our plates! We are HUGE fans of HECK sausages and now there no need to miss out on a tasty banger if you are vegan or vegetarian. Trying out Veganuary? Then Heck’s range might tempt youRead More…
Trying out Bol Vegan Soup A trip to Sainsbury’s the other day for a nosey and I found these, Bol Vegan soups. Now it wasn’t that they are vegan which caught my eye, as we are both omnivores, but they did look enticing and comforting (it was a chilly day)Read More…
Chastity alcohol-free gin with seduction With the Club Soda mindful drinking festival on in Glasgow this weekend, we thought we would try an alcohol-free gin. Would it be as flavoursome as real gin? Only one way to find out, crack open the bottle! There are two types of Chastity alcohol-freeRead More…
Review of Homepride Smoky Mac and Cheese Being the mac and cheese addicts that we are, we couldn’t pass by this Homepride Smoky Mac and Cheese pasta bake sauce without adding it to the trolly. How I wish we hadn’t. As well as smoky there’s a spicy version. I fearRead More…
Lidl ready to bake pretzels (Bretzels) It’s Oktoberfest time and that means Lidl is full of goodies with their Alpen Fest week. Usually that means some Bavarian delights such as Leberkase (meat loaf sausage which is 😍 on a roll with some mustard) and beer. This time I spied PretzelsRead More…
Waitrose Succulent Scotch Egg When you’ve just had a crappy train journey to London (no tea or coffee what?!) not to mention the lack of air con. I needed some comfort food and cheering up. (I know I can think of lots of other things to cheer me up 😉)Read More…
Walking on sunshine. Dancing on Ice It’s winter, it’s dull and summer seems like a world away but you’re dreaming of cold drinks in the sunshine already right? So what to do? Well, we popped open some Ibiza Ice, cranked up the heating and lounged beach-like in our living room.Read More…
Brussels sprouts for dessert? Now that’s something that would put a chill up anyone’s spine this Christmas. Heston Blumenthal has worked his magic to turn what can be the most divisive part of a traditional Christmas dinner into a dish everyone will, or should love – a giant ‘sprout’ filled withRead More…
Did we feel festive eating Morrison’s Christmas offering? ‘Tis the season for Christmas sandwiches to liven up a boring lunchtime. A catch up with “me Julie” meant time to splash out on some sandwiches and naughty goodies (and I don’t mean lingerie!). Morrison’s cheese board sandwich – mature cheddar, WensleydaleRead More…
It’s hip to be square It’s the time of year for comfort food and what better to keep you warm and fill your belly than a pie (or a handful of small ones!), I saw Square Pies in the freezer section of Waitrose (Sainsbury’s also sell them I think) andRead More…
